Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 18th of July, covering the latest developments you need to know.
The U.S. military said it carried out a seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran, targeting military logistics infrastructure and other sites. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said more than 50,000 American troops deployed across the Middle East remain "vigilant, lethal and ready" as tensions in the region continue to escalate.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has criticised the latest U.S. sanctions on Cuba, accusing Washington of promoting a "new and more dangerous version of McCarthyism" through what he described as a campaign against the global "radical left". In a post on X, he also claimed transnational far-right alliances were advancing policies reminiscent of fascism.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has recorded 2,181 confirmed Ebola cases and 864 deaths, according to the latest government data. Health authorities reported 56 new cases and 36 new deaths in the previous 24 hours, highlighting the continued spread of the outbreak.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to deepen defence cooperation and strengthen Europe's strategic autonomy amid uncertainty over future U.S. security commitments. They also raised concerns over China's trade practices, arguing that industrial overcapacity and state support for Chinese companies are placing pressure on European industries and jobs.
U.S. President Donald Trump has urged FIFA to bring the World Cup back to the United States, praising the country's role in hosting the 2026 tournament during a reception at Trump Tower in New York ahead of Sunday's final. "You should choose the United States of America again," Trump said, adding: "This time, we will leave Canada and Mexico out." The United States hosted 78 of the tournament's 104 matches, including every game from the quarter-finals onwards, while Canada and Mexico also staged fixtures as co-hosts of the expanded competition.
Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has dismissed media reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow ear...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for greater economic cooperation among Muslim countries, saying their combined economic weight remai...
Indonesia deployed thousands of security personnel around parliament and other major cities on Thursday as students returned to the streets, one ye...
Oil prices fell after the U.S. expanded economic sanctions on Iran, as Tehran vowed to retaliate and warned it had tools to respond, raising concerns over potential disruption to regional oil supplies.
Rescuers in Nepal used helicopters on Thursday to scour for hundreds still missing after a wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Himalayan border with China's Tibet, sending catastrophic floods through towns and valleys, killing 162 people.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told allied foreign ministers Washington will focus on sanctions and other pressure on Iran “for the time being”, Axios reports. Meanwhile, Iran and Oman have resumed talks on a temporary shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for greater economic cooperation among Muslim countries, saying their combined economic weight remains disproportionately small compared with their population, strategic location and resources.
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 10 prisoners of war each in Belarus, Moscow's Human Rights Commissioner, Yana Lantratova, has said.
Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has dismissed media reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow earlier this week to warn Russia against attacking NATO, dismissing them as "scare stories," which had nothing to do with reality.
Indonesia deployed thousands of security personnel around parliament and other major cities on Thursday as students returned to the streets, one year after nationwide anti-government protests left 10 people dead.
Thousands of Russians are hunting for apartments in Tbilisi and Yerevan - not because of a mobilisation order that's been signed, but because of one many fear is coming.
Poland has asked the European Commission to impose a €250 million ($291.3 million) fine on Meta, accusing the technology company of failing to adequately tackle fraudulent advertisements on its platforms.
Ratko Mladić, the former Bosnian Serb military commander convicted of genocide for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, has died, according to a United Nations official.
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